Aids to the study of Dante
By: by Charles Allen Dinsmore.
Contributors: Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.; Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.; Church, R. W. 1815-1890.; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.; Gardner, Edmund Garratt, 1869-1935.; Gaspary, Adolfo, 1849-1892.; Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.; Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.; Wicksteed, Philip Henry, 1844-1927.
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Published: 1903
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Biography; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Biography.; Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [429]-430.
--VII. Interpretation: Church, R.W. The character, purpose, and poetic qualities of the Divina commedia. Gaspary, A. The poetry of the Inferno. Lowell, J.R. The Divina commedia the embodiment of the Christian idea of a triumphant life.
Table of contents: title: I. The times of Dante: Church, R.W. Florentine political feuds and their influence upon Dante. Norton, C.E. The intellectual and moral awakening of Italy.; title: II. Sources of our knowledge of Dante: Giovanni Villani, Boccaccio, Filippo Villani, Lionardo Bruni. Norton, C.E. What is definitely known on Dante's life.; title: III. Dante's personal appearance: Norton, C.E. Portraits and masks.; title: IV. The Vita nuova: Dinsmore, C.A. Lyrical poetry before the time of Dante. Gaspary, A. The meaning and character of the Vita nuova. Norton, C.E. On the structure of the Vita nuova.; title: V. Minor works: Norton, Bryce, Saintsbury, Scartazzini, Dinsmore.; title: VI. The Divina commedia: Longfellow, Gardner, Federn. Witte, K. Dante's cosmography. Wicksteed, P.H. The chronology of the Divina commedia. Dante's letter to Can Grande [text] Gardner, E.C. The moral topography of the Inferno. Comparetti, D. The nature of Vergil in the Divina commedia. Gardner, E.G. Structure and moral significance of Purgatory. Thomas Aquinas. [Selections tr. from the Summa theologica] Scartazzini, G.A. Beatrice. Dinsmore, C.A. The Paradiso.